The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-08
CAPRICES OF CLIMATE.
THE WEATHER COOL IN THE SOUTH
BUT HOT IN THE NORTH.

An Exces9 of Rain During the Past
Week in the Cotton and Tobacco
Belts But the Drouth Continues North
of the Ohio Valley--Cotton Injured in
the Eastern Part of the Belt.
WASHINGTON, Aug. Following is the
weather crop bulletin of the signal Office for
the week ending August G.
THE TEMPERATURE.
During the week the weather has been
warmer than usual throughout the agricul-
tural districts East of the Rocky Mountains,
but in the cotton region, and at stations ON
the immediate Atlantic and Gulf coast:
about the normal temperature has prevailed.
In the Mississippi and Ohio valleys, the
southern portion of the lake region, Penn
sylvania and New York, the daily average
temperature was about s. above the normal.
This excess of temperature has been aug
mented during the past four weeks, and IN
the sections above named the average daily
temperature during that period was from A.
to g. above the normal, while in the Gulf
States, Northern New England, and ON the
Pacific coast 1t has been slightly cooler than
usual during the past month.
During the season from Jan. to Aug.
it has been slightly warmer than usual in
the central valleys, and from Southern
New England and New Jersey westward
over the Lake region, but it has been slight
ly cooler than usual on the South Atlantic
and Gulf coasts, in Northern New England
and near Lake Superior.
THE RAINFALL.
The drought continues in the States
north of the Ohio valley, but there has been
an excess of rain during the past week
throughout the cotton and tobacco regions
and in the interior of New York and Penn
sylvania E'There was also an excess Of
rain during the week in the Missouri valley,
and numerous showers occurred in Iowa,
Minnesota and Dakota and near Lake
Superior.
During the past four weeks the large sea-
sonal deficiency of rainfall in the cotton
region has been greatly reduced, while
during the same time the seasonal deficiency
in Illinois. Indiana, Iowa and the southern
portions of Wisconsin and Michigan has
been increased. The drought in this sec
ton has proved decidedly injurious to
growing crops.
GENERAL REMARKS.
The reports for the week ending Aug.
indicate that the weather has been favora-
BILE in the western portion of the cotton re-
gion from Central Alabama to Texas, but
from Alabama eastward tho rain has been
greatly in excess, probably resulting in in
Jury to growing cotton IN the low.
lands Numerous showers occurred in
Minnesota, Dakota, Iowa, Nebraska, North
west Missouri and Northern Kansas, inn
proving the condition of growing crops in
those sections, but the drought continues in
the corn States East of the Mississippi, re-
sulting in serious injury to all growing
crops. The weather In New England and
the middle Atlantic States is generally
reported as unfavorable. The wet weather
is retarding harvesting and injuring grain,
hay and potatoes near the coast, while the
conditions are reported as favorable for corn
i'm these districts.
An excess of sunshine and temperature
combined with a slight excess of rainfall in
Kentucky and Tennessee during the past
week has probably improved the condition
of the tobacco crop.
COTTON IN THE MEMPHIS DISTRICT.
MEMPHIS, Aug. THE regular monthly
crop report for the Memphis district, which
embraces West tennessee, North Mississippi,
North Arkansas and North Alabama, to be
published tomorrow by Hill, Fontaine &c
Co, will say: ''The weather during the
month of July was in the main favorable
for cotton. This is emphasized by the
splendid reports received from Mississippi
and Alabama, where the crops are most
promising. Complaints are received
from Arkansas, where a drought
has prevailed in some localities.
and damage has been done to the plant. In
Tennessee rain is badly needed In several
sections, and injury to both cotton and corn
is reported. The outlook ON the whole,
however is very satisfactory and yield
largely i'll excess of last year can be conf
IDENTIFY anticipated. The season is fully two
weeks earlier than last year, and pick
ing, which win commence in some
localities about Aug. 20, will become gen.
eral throughout the district by Sept. 10.
The corn crop, especially in Alabama and
Mississippi, is reported unusually fine, and
the yield will be above an average, and
more than is necessary for home consump-
ton"